Sydney Frusti | Author & Creative Mind

Category: Fiction

  • Writing a Novel, One Word at a Time

    November is National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo for short). Along with the arrival of cooler weather, holiday prep, and fall time activities, NaNoWriMo evokes a special sort of nostalgia for me. It ushers in feelings of time spent with family, the pleasant busyness of the season, and all sorts of endings. My life has been…

  • Victory Lap!

    In my previous post, I set my goal to finish writing my novel by the end of February.  I’m more than thrilled to announce that I met that goal, coming in just shy of 148k words (nearly triple the goal of NaNoWriMo).  I know it’s already well into March, but it just goes to show that…

  • The Door

    The Door was not large.  It was not ornate.  It was not unordinary.  The only interesting thing about the Door was its handle.  It had an old Victorian-style handle that curved where it was pulled.  The keyhole belonged to an equally interesting Key, but the Key was hidden away. A Family lived in the house. …